Red Seas Under Red Skies

Red Seas Under Red Skies
Author(s)	Scott Lynch
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Fantasy, Novel
Publisher	Gollancz (UK); Bantam Doubleday Dell (USA)
Publication date	June, 2007
Media type	Print - Hardback & Paperback
Pages	558 pp (US hardback edition)
ISBN	ISBN 0-575-07925-8 (UK edition)
OCLC Number	85690373
Preceded by	'The Lies of Locke Lamora'
Followed by	'The Republic of Thieves (forthcoming)

Red Seas Under Red Skies is the second novel (of a projected seven) in Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastard series.

The Gentleman Bastard Series

1. The Lies of Locke Lamora (June 2006)
2. Red Seas Under Red Skies (June 2007)
3. The Republic of Thieves (forthcoming)
4. The Thorn of Emberlain (forthcoming)
5. The Ministry of Necessity (forthcoming)
6. The Mage and the Master Spy (forthcoming)
7. Inherit the Night (forthcoming)

Plot summary

Escaping from the attentions of the Bondsmagi, Locke Lamora, the erstwhile Thorn of Camorr, and Jean Tannen have fled their home city. Taking a ship, they arrive in the city state of Tal Verrar, where they are soon planning their most spectacular heist yet: they will take the luxurious gaming house, the Sinspire, for all of its countless riches. No one has ever taken even a single coin from the Sinspire that wasn't won on the tables or in the other games of chance on offer there.

Locke and Jean soon find themselves co-opted into an attempt to bring the pirate fleet of the notorious Zamira Drakasha to justice. This is unusual work for thieves who don't know one end of a galley from another. All the while, the Bondsmagi are plotting their revenge against Locke, the one man who has humiliated them and lived.

Foreign Editions

• Des Horizons Rouge Sang French Edition, February, 2008.

External links

• Red Seas Under Red Skies Excerpts: Chapter 12 in Scott Lynch's LiveJournal.